The Age Question (final post) — So yesterday I pissed off Dave Winer, Scott Karp, Steven Hodson, and a host of others who have weighed in heavily in the comments. — I guess I knew it was gonna happen because I was uneasy about writing the post in the first place.

I did it anyway — Fred Wilson says that kids are net natives, and that people over 30 don't invent new paradigms. To say that ticks me off is an understatement. — I've been a net native since before I was 20. Yes, I read newspapers growing up, but I also blogged before it was called blogging …

Thank you Dave Winer — Getting old is inevitable but to be shuffled to the end of the technology trash heap because of that pisses me off. Normally I don't think too much of my age and how that impacts people's perception of my abilities in our computer world.

YouTube Mobile Launched - Here's The Scoop — YouTube launched the mobile version of their site today. Here are all the details. — The first thing I saw as I navigated to the site using my BlackBerry 8700g was the following informational warning message: … Since I already have the unlimited plan, I moved forward.

The Very Organized Hit Job On LifeLock — Last month I received an anonymous email from a tipster warning me that there was "a scandal about to pop" about an Arizona credit protection startup called LifeLock. The email made a number of serious allegations around CEO Todd Davis …

Dell's 23 Confessions — Now's not the time to mince words, so let me just say it... we blew it. — I'm referring to a recent blog post from an ex-Dell kiosk employee that received more attention after the Consumerist blogged about it, and even more still after we asked them to remove it.

Online Sales Lose Steam as Buyers Grow Web-Weary — Has online retailing entered the Dot Calm era? — Since the inception of the Web, online commerce has enjoyed hypergrowth, with annual sales increasing more than 25 percent over all, and far more rapidly in many categories.

The Life of the Chinese Gold Farmer — It was an hour before midnight, three hours into the night shift with nine more to go. At his workstation in a small, fluorescent-lighted office space in Nanjing, China, Li Qiwen sat shirtless and chain-smoking, gazing purposefully at the online computer game in front of him.

Another 10 web operating systems reviewed — Several months have passed since I wrote my original review of 10 WebOS-type applications. Although Google hasn't really made an (expected) move in this field yet, the topic still spurs a lot of interest, and many new applications have been launched.

Yes, the Screen Is Tiny, but the Plans Are Big — More than two dozen huge white satellite dishes surround ESPN's 100-acre campus here, each transmitting and plucking electronic signals from the skies. Tucked inside that digital fence are 10 buildings, all devoted to producing and broadcasting ESPN's cable sports programs.